Placing Shopify + AI developers, see open talent

AI & Data

Hire machine learning developers whose models hold up on data they haven't seen yet.

Predictive models, recommendation systems, and forecasting, classical and modern ML built by engineers who validate against out-of-sample data as a matter of course, not a model that looked great in the notebook and nowhere else.

48haverage match3%acceptance rate120+engineers placed, all roles
Model development

Feature engineering and model selection matched to the actual problem.

Validation

Rigorous out-of-sample testing before a model touches production traffic.

MLOps

Training pipelines, versioning, and retraining schedules that don't rot.

Monitoring

Drift detection so a model's real-world accuracy decay gets caught early.

Skills & tools

What strong Machine Learning Developers know cold.

ML
scikit-learnXGBoostPyTorchTensorFlow
Data
Feature storesPandasSparkSQL
MLOps
MLflowAirflowDockerModel registry
Infra
PythonAWS SageMakerGCP Vertex AI
Why hire through Code Elevator
Validation discipline. Out-of-sample and time-based splits are the default, not an afterthought, a model's notebook accuracy means nothing until it's proven on data it hasn't seen.
Production-minded from the start. We screen for engineers who think about retraining cadence and drift monitoring before the model ships, not after it silently degrades.
Explains the tradeoffs plainly. Every candidate can tell you honestly where a simpler model beats a fancier one for your actual data volume and latency needs.
Typical rate

from $25/hr

A typical range. Your final rate depends on experience level, timezone overlap and how long you book for.

See engagement models
How we vet

Four stages. Three percent get through.

Floor 01 · pass rate38%Still standing after floor 01.
  1. 01Screening38%Résumé, background, and communication check, the fastest way to rule out a bad fit.
  2. 02Technical Deep Dive22%A senior engineer probes real system design and stack depth, not trivia.
  3. 03Live Build Test9%A timed, real-world task. We watch how they actually ship, not just what they claim.
  4. 04Client Fit Interview3%Ownership, reliability, and how they work inside your team on day one.
Every hire
  • Shortlist in 48 hoursProfiles, not a waiting list.
  • Free replacementWrong fit swapped at no cost.
  • No conversion feeHire them direct whenever you want.
  • IP yours from day oneAssigned in writing, not at handover.
  • Month to monthNo lock-in, and no notice period.
Proof

Shipped, not slideware.

What clients say

On camera, in their own words.

Client video

Why he brought his development work to Code Elevator.

MikePlays here
Related roles

Hiring for something adjacent?

Questions

Answered before you ask.

If the problem is structured prediction on your own historical data (churn, demand, pricing, fraud), classical ML is usually faster to build, cheaper to run, and more accurate than reaching for an LLM. We'll tell you plainly which fits.

It's validated on a held-out or time-based split that mimics how it'll actually be used, and success is defined against a business metric agreed before training starts, not just a leaderboard accuracy number.

Drift monitoring and a defined retraining cadence, so accuracy decay from changing real-world data gets caught in a dashboard, not discovered from a business metric quietly going sideways.

Yes. Most engagements build directly against your existing warehouse or data lake rather than standing up a parallel system.

What you're not risking

Every way out of this hire is already written down.

Two-week replacement

Not a fit? Replace anyone in the first two weeks. No questions asked, no replacement fee. We re-match from the same vetted pool.

No placement fee

You pay only for engineers who actually start. Seeing candidates costs nothing.

No lock-in

Dedicated and managed engagements run on a monthly rolling contract. Cancel with notice.

Rate agreed up front

You see the number before you commit. Nothing is added on top of it later.

Get started

Bring us the prediction problem. Three matched engineers in 48 hours.

Churn, demand, pricing, fraud. We'll scope whether ML actually clears the bar over your current process before building anything.

We reply within an hour during our working day in India and the UAE.

Chat with our team